The following champion history features the IWGP Tag Team Championship.
Title history[]
| # | Team | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami |
1 | December 12, 1985 | 236 | Sendai, Japan | Live event | Kimura and Fujinami defeated Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi in a tournament final to become the first champions. |
| 2 | Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido | 1 | August 5, 1986 | 49 | Tokyo, Japan | Burning Spirit in Summer | |
| 3 | Kengo Kimura (2) & Tatsumi Fujinami (2) | 2 | September 23, 1986 | 135 | Tokyo, Japan | Challenge Spirit 1986 | |
| — | Vacated | — | February 5, 1987 | — | NA | NA | The championship was vacated when Kimura and Fujinami split up. |
| 4 | Keiji Mutoh & Shiro Koshinaka | 1 | March 20, 1987 | 6 | Tokyo, Japan | Spring Flare Up 1987 | Koshinaka and Mutoh defeated Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. |
| 5 | Akira Maeda (2) & Nobuhiko Takada | 1 | March 26, 1987 | 159 | Osaka, Japan | Inoki Toukon Live II | |
| 6 | Kazuo Yamazaki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara | 1 | September 1, 1987 | 139 | Fukuoka, Japan | Sengoku Battle Series 1987 | |
| 7 | Kengo Kimura (3) & Tatsumi Fujinami (3) | 3 | January 18, 1988 | 144 | Takuyama, Japan | New Year Golden Series 1988 | |
| 8 | Masa Saito & Riki Chōshū | 1 | June 10, 1988 | 282 | Hiroshima, Japan | IWGP Champion Series 1988 | |
| 9 | George Takano & Super Strong Machine | 1 | March 19, 1989 | 116 | Yokohama, Japan | Big Fight Series | |
| 10 | Riki Chōshū (2) & Takayuki Iizuka | 1 | July 13, 1989 | 69 | Tokyo, Japan | Live event | |
| 11 | Masa Saito (2) & Shinya Hashimoto | 1 | September 20, 1989 | 219 | Osaka, Japan | Bloody Fight Series 1989: Super Power Battle in Osaka | |
| 12 | Masahiro Chono & Keiji Mutoh (2) | 1 | April 27, 1990 | 189 | Tokyo, Japan | Live event | |
| 13 | Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki | 1 | November 1, 1990 | 55 | Tokyo, Japan | Dream Tour 1990 | |
| 14 | Hiro Saito & Super Strong Machine (2) | 1 | December 26, 1990 | 70 | Hamamatsu, Japan | King of Kings | |
| 15 | Hiroshi Hase (2) & Kensuke Sasaki (2) | 2 | March 6, 1991 | 15 | Nagasaki, Japan | Big Fight Series 1991 | |
| 16 | The Steiner Brothers (Scott Steiner & Rick Steiner) |
1 | March 21, 1991 | 229 | Tokyo, Japan | Starrcade 1991 in Tokyo Dome | The Steiners' WCW World Tag Team Championship was also on the line. |
| 17 | Hiroshi Hase (3) & Keiji Mutoh (3) | 1 | November 5, 1991 | 117 | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo 3Days Battle | Scott Norton substituted for an injured Scott Steiner in this match. |
| 18 | Big, Bad, and Dangerous (Big Van Vader & Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow) |
1 | March 1, 1992 | 117 | Yokohama, Japan | Big Fight Series 1992: New Japan Pro Wrestling 20th Anniversary Show | |
| 19 | The Steiner Brothers (Scott Steiner & Rick Steiner) |
2 | June 26, 1992 | 149 | Tokyo, Japan | Masters of Wrestling | The Steiners' WCW World Tag Team Championship was also on the line. |
| 20 | Scott Norton & Tony Halme | 1 | November 22, 1992 | 222 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestling Scramble 1992: Battle Zone Space I | |
| 21 | The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior (3)) |
1 | December 14, 1992 | 234 | Tokyo, Japan | Battle Final 1992 | |
| 22 | The Jurassic Powers (Hercules Hernandez & Scott Norton (2)) |
1 | August 5, 1993 | 152 | Tokyo, Japan | G1 Climax 1993 | |
| 23 | The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior (2) & Power Warrior (4)) |
2 | January 4, 1994 | 325 | Tokyo, Japan | Battlefield | |
| 24 | Hiroshi Hase (4) & Keiji Mutoh (4) | 2 | November 25, 1994 | 162 | Iwate, Japan | NJPW Battle Final 1994 | |
| — | Vacated | — | May 6, 1995
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— | NA | NA | The title was vacated by Mutoh after he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. |
| 25 | Cho-Ten (Masahiro Chono (2) & Hiroyoshi Tenzan) |
1 | June 10, 1995 | 27 | Osaka, Japan | Fighting Spirit Legend | Tenzan and Chono defeated Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto to win the vacant championship. |
| — | Vacated | — | July 7, 1995 | — | NA | NA | The title was vacated when Chono missed a title defense due to his father's death. |
| 26 | Junji Hirata (3) & Shinya Hashimoto (2) | 1 | July 13, 1995 | 335 | Sapporo, Japan | Best of the Super Jr. II | Hashimoto and Hirata defeated Mike Enos and Scott Norton to win the vacant championship. |
| 27 | Kazuo Yamazaki (2) & Takashi Iizuka(2) | 1 | June 12, 1996 | 34 | Osaka, Japan | NJPW Best of the Super Jr. III - Night 18 | |
| 28 | Cho-Ten (Masahiro Chono (3) & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (2)) |
2 | July 16, 1996 | 172 | Sapporo, Japan | Summer Struggle 1996 | |
| 29 | Kengo Kimura (4) and Tatsumi Fujinami (4) | 4 | January 4, 1997 | 98 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestling World 1997 | |
| 30 | Kensuke Sasaki (5) and Riki Chōshū (3) | 1 | April 12, 1997 | 21 | Tokyo, Japan | NJPW Battle Formation 1997 | |
| 31 | The Bull Powers (Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima) |
1 | May 3, 1997 | 99 | Osaka, Japan | Strong Style Evolution in Osaka Dome | |
| 32 | Kazuo Yamazaki (3) & Kensuke Sasaki (6) | 1 | August 10, 1997 | 70 | Nagoya, Japan | The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome | |
| 33 | Keiji Mutoh (5) & Masahiro Chono (4) | 2 | October 19, 1997 | 184 | Kobe, Japan | nWo Typhoon 1997 | |
| — | Vacated | — | April 21, 1998 | — | NA | NA | The title was vacated due to Mutoh having surgery on his knee. |
| 34 | Cho-Ten (Masahiro Chono (5) & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (3)) |
3 | June 5, 1998 | 40 | Tokyo, Japan | Live event | Tenzan and Chono defeated Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. |
| 35 | Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka (2) | 1 | July 15, 1998 | 173 | Sapporo, Japan | Summer Struggle 1998 | |
| 36 | Ten-Koji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan (4) & Satoshi Kojima (2)) |
1 | January 4, 1999 | 77 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestling World 1999 | |
| 37 | Kensuke Sasaki (7) & Shiro Koshinaka | 1 | March 22, 1999 | 97 | Amagasaki, Japan | Hyper Battle 1999 | |
| 38 | The Mad Dogs (Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto) |
1 | June 27, 1999 | 62 | Shizuoka, Japan | Summer Struggle 1999 | |
| 39 | Manabu Nakanishi (2) & Yuji Nagata | 1 | August 28, 1999 | 327 | Shizuoka, Japan | Jingu Climax | |
| 40 | Ten-Koji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan (5) & Satoshi Kojima (3)) |
2 | July 20, 2000 | 430 | Tokyo, Japan | Summer Struggle 2000 | |
| 41 | Osamu Nishimura & Tatsumi Fujinami (5) | 1 | September 23, 2001 | 35 | Osaka, Japan | G1 World 2001 | |
| 42 | BATT (Keiji Mutoh (6) & Taiyō Kea) |
1 | October 28, 2001 | 97 | Fukuoka, Japan | Survival 2001: Fighting Destination in Fukuoka | |
| — | Vacated | — | February 2, 2002 | — | NA | NA | The title was vacated due to Mutoh leaving NJPW. |
| 43 | Cho-Ten (Masahiro Chono (6) & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (6)) |
4 | March 24, 2002 | 446 | Hyōgo, Japan | Hyper Battle 2002 | Tenzan and Chono defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. |
| 44 | Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie | 1 | June 13, 2003 | 184 | Tokyo, Japan | Crush | |
| 45 | Hiroyoshi Tenzan (7) & Osamu Nishimura (2) | 1 | December 14, 2003 | 49 | Nagoya, Japan | Battle Final 2003 | |
| 46 | Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama | 1 | February 1, 2004 | 294 | Sapporo, Japan | Fighting Spirit 2004 | |
| — | Vacated | — | November 21, 2004 | — | NA | NA | The title was vacated due to Takayama being sidelined with an injury. |
| 47 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (2) & Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | December 11, 2004 | 323 | Osaka, Japan | Battle Final 2004 | Tanahashi and Nakamura defeated Kensuke Sasaki & Minoru Suzuki to win the vacant title. |
| 48 | Cho-Ten (Masahiro Chono (7) & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (8)) |
5 | October 30, 2005 | 325 | Kobe, Japan | Toukon Series 2005 | |
| — | Vacated | — | September 20, 2006 | — | NA | NA | NJPW president Simon Kelly Inoki stripped Chono & Tenzan of the title after Chono & Tenzan ceased teaming. |
| 49 | Wild Child (Manabu Nakanishi (3) & Takao Ōmori) |
1 | September 28, 2006 | 164 | Sapporo, Japan | Circuit2006 Final: Next Progress | A provisional tag team title was created on July 2, 2006 when Tenzan and Chono showed signs of inactivity; Shiro Koshinaka and Togi Makabe were the first champions. Nakanishi & Ōmori were recognized as the official champions on September 28, 2006 after they won the Provisional Tag Team Championship on July 17, 2006. |
| 50 | RISE (Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko) |
1 | March 11, 2007 | 343 | Nagoya, Japan | New Japan Pro Wrestling 35th Anniversary Tour Circuit 2007 New Japan Evolution: New Japan Cup 2007 | |
| 51 | The Most Violent Players (Togi Makabe & Toru Yano) |
1 | February 17, 2008 | 322 | Tokyo, Japan | Circuit2008 New Japan Ism | |
| 52 | Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) |
1 | January 4, 2009 | 198 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome | |
| 53 | The British Invasion (Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams) |
1 | July 21, 2009 | 89 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact | This was a tables match that aired on the July 30, 2009 episode of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Impact!. NJPW did not sanction the match, nor initially recognize nor sanction the title change until August 10. |
| 54 | Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) |
2 | October 18, 2009 | 78 | Irvine, California | Bound for Glory (2009) | This was a four-way Full Metal Mayhem Tag Team match, which also included Beer Money, Inc. and Booker T & Scott Steiner and was contested also for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, which was won by The British Invasion. |
| 55 | No Limit (Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro Takahashi) |
1 | January 4, 2010 | 119 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome | This was a three-way hardcore match, which also included Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson). |
| 56 | Seigigun (Wataru Inoue & Yuji Nagata (2)) |
1 | May 3, 2010 | 47 | Fukuoka, Japan | Wrestling Dontaku 2010 | This was a three-way match, which also included Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson). |
| 57 | Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard (2) & Karl Anderson) |
1 | June 19, 2010 | 564 | Osaka, Japan | Dominion 6.19 | This was a three-way elimination match, which also included No Limit (Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro Takahashi). |
| 58 | Ten-Koji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan (9) & Satoshi Kojima (4)) |
3 | January 4, 2012 | 120 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome | |
| 59 | Chaos (Takashi Iizuka (3) & Toru Yano (2)) |
1 | May 3, 2012 | 44 | Fukuoka, Japan | Wrestling Dontaku 2012 | |
| — | Vacated | — | June 20, 2012 | — | NA | NA | Iizuka and Yano were stripped of the title, after a title match between them and Ten-Koji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) on June 16 ended in a no contest. |
| 60 | Ten-Koji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan (10) & Satoshi Kojima (5)) |
4 | July 22, 2012 | 78 | Yamagata, Japan | Kizuna Road | Tenzan and Kojima defeated Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) to win the vacant title. |
| 61 | Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith, Jr. & Lance Archer) |
1 | October 8, 2012 | 207 | Tokyo, Japan | King of Pro-Wrestling | |
| 62 | Ten-Koji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan (11) & Satoshi Kojima (6)) |
5 | May 3, 2013 | 190 | Fukuoka, Japan | Wrestling Dontaku 2013 | This was a four-way match, which also included Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) and Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi & Strong Man). |
| 63 | K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer) |
2 | November 9, 2013 | 56 | Osaka, Japan | Power Struggle | This was the second fall of a two-fall three-way tornado tag team match which also included The IronGodz (Jax Dane & Rob Conway). |
| 64 | Bullet Club (Karl Anderson (2) & Doc Gallows) |
1 | January 4, 2014 | 365 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome | |
| 65 | Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata) |
1 | January 4, 2015 | 38 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome | |
| 66 | Bullet Club Karl Anderson (3) & (Doc Gallows (2)) |
2 | February 11, 2015 | 53 | Osaka, Japan | The New Beginning in Osaka | |
| 67 | The Kingdom (Michael Bennett & Matt Taven) |
1 | April 5, 2015 | 91 | Tokyo, Japan | Invasion Attack 2015 | |
| 68 | Bullet Club Karl Anderson (4) & (Doc Gallows (3)) |
3 | July 5, 2015 | 183 | Osaka, Japan | Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall | |
| 69 | G.B.H. (Togi Makabe (2) & Tomoaki Honma) |
1 | January 4, 2016 | 97 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome | |
| 70 | Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa) |
1 | April 10, 2016 | 70 | Tokyo, Japan | NJPW Invasion Attack 2016 | |
| 71 | Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) |
1 | June 19, 2016 | 113 | Osaka, Japan | ||
| 72 | Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa) |
2 | October 10, 2016 | 86 | Tokyo, Japan | King of Pro-Wrestling | |
| 73 | Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano (3)) |
1 | January 4, 2017 | 61 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestle Kingdom XI in Tokyo Dome | This was a three-way match, which also included G.B.H. (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma). |
| 74 | Ten-Koji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan (12) & Satoshi Kojima (7)) |
6 | March 6, 2017 | 43 | Tokyo, Japan | Hataage Kinenbi | |
| 75 | War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe) |
1 | April 9, 2017 | 63 | Tokyo, Japan | Sakura Genesis 2017 | |
| 76 | Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa) |
3 | June 11, 2017 | 20 | Osaka, Japan | NJPW Dominion 6.11 | |
| 77 | War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe) |
2 | July 1, 2017 | 85 | Long Beach, California | G1 Special in USA | It was a No Disqualification Match |
| 78 | K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer) |
3 | September 24, 2017 | 102 | Kobe, Japan | Destruction in Kobe | This was a 3-Way Tornado Tag Team Match, which also included Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa). |
| 79 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (EVIL & Sanada) |
1 | January 4, 2018 | 156 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestle Kingdom 12 | |
| 80 | Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) |
1 | June 9, 2018 | 113 | Osaka, Japan | NJPW Dominion 6.9.18 In Osaka-Jo Hall | |
| 81 | Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa) |
4 | September 30, 2018 | 96 | Long Beach, California | NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed | |
| 82 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (EVIL & Sanada) |
2 | January 4, 2019 | 50 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestle Kingdom 13 | This was a 3-Way Match, which also included Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson). |
| 83 | Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa) |
5 | February 23, 2019 | 315 | Tokyo, Japan | ROH-NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2019 - Night 2 | |
| 84 | FinJuice (David Finlay & Juice Robinson) |
1 | January 4, 2020 | 28 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestle Kingdom 14 - Night 1 | |
| 85 | Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa) |
6 | February 1, 2020 | 20 | Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| 86 | Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi | 1 | February 21, 2020 | 142 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| 87 | Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) |
1 | July 12, 2020 | 176 | Osaka, Japan | Dominion In Osaka-Jo Hall | |
| 88 | Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa) |
7 | January 4, 2021 | 148 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| 89 | Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) |
2 | June 1, 2021 | 40 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| 90 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naitō & SANADA) |
1 | July 11, 2021 | 14 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| 91 | Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) |
3 | July 25, 2021 | 163 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| 92 | CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) |
1 | January 4, 2022 | 95 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 1 | |
| 93 | United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb) |
1 | April 9, 2022 | 22 | Tokyo, Japan | Hyper Battle 2022 - Night 5 | |
| 94 | BULLET CLUB (Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens) |
1 | May 1, 2022 | 42 | Fukuoka, Japan | Wrestling Dontaku 2022 | Won in a Three Way Tag Team Match also involving Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI). |
| 95 | United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb) |
2 | June 12, 2022 | 14 | Osaka, Japan | Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall | |
| 96 | FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) |
1 | June 26, 2022 | 192 | Chicago, Illinois | AEW-NJPW Forbidden Door | Won in a Three Way Tag Team Match that also involved Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta). FTR's ROH World Tag Team Championship was also on the line. |
| 97 | Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) |
2 | January 4, 2023 | 94 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestle Kingdom 17 | |
| 98 | Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) |
1 | April 8, 2023 | 43 | Tokyo, Japan | NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023 | |
| Championship vacated on May 21, 2023 after Mark Davis is announced as injured and is unable to compete. | |||||||
| 99 | Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) |
3 | June 4, 2023 | 214 | Osaka, Japan | Dominion 6.4 | Won a Three Way Tag Team Match that also involved House Of Torture (EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi) and United Empire (Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan) to win the vacant championship. |
| 100 | Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) |
1 | January 4, 2024 | 38 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestle Kingdom 18 | Won in a match where the NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship was also on the line. |
| 101 | BULLET CLUB (Chase Owens & KENTA) |
1 | February 11, 2024 | 55 | Osaka, Japan | The New Beginning In Osaka 2024 | |
| 102 | Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) |
4 | April 6, 2024 | 28 | Tokyo, Japan | NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024 | |
| 103 | BULLET CLUB (Chase Owens & KENTA) |
2 | May 4, 2024 | 36 | Fukuoka, Japan | Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2 | |
| 104 | TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) |
1 | June 9, 2024 | 121+ | Osaka, Japan | NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall | Won in a Four Way Elimination Tornado Tag Team Match that also involved Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI and Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo)). Guerrillas of Destiny's NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship was also on the line. |